Samuel hughes



(No Model.)

S. HUGHES.

BERTH CURTAIN.

No; 542,056. Patented July 2, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HUGHES, OF LINDSAY, CANADA.

BERTH-CURTAIIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,056, dated. July 2,1895.

Application filed May 21, 1894. fierial No. 511,951. (No model.)

. Lindsay, in the county of Victoria and Province of Ontario, in theDominion of Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Berth-Curtains; andI do hereby declare'that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed,relates to curtains for berths and similar objects.

Theobject of my invention is a ventilated curtain for berths in sleepersand the like.

Figure 1 is an elevation of curtains having my improvements applied.Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of oneof the ventilators on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a similar view of thesame from the interior, showing it open. Fig. 5 is a similar view of thesame from the interior, showing it closed and having a differentfastening.

At the place where it is desired to ventilate a curtain A a transversecurved (or angular) incision a is made in. it, thus forming a lap A inthe material, which is still integral with it at a transverse line 2,which may be called the base-line-of said lap or portion. To this lap Ais secured a piece B, substantially rectangular, a little wider than thebase 2 and considerably higher than the depth of the lap A, being placedbetween said portion and the main curtain and sewed or otherwise securedacross the base 2 of the former and around its edge a. It is alsosecured along the side edges b b to the main curtain, but so that itsupper edge b is longer than the corresponding portion of thecurtainwhich, it covers, so that it is slack and bags or bulges andaffords a free upward passage through from the outside at the base-lineto the upper edge b of the piece B on the inside. A suitable fastening,such as a strap and buckle (land 0', as shown in Fig. 4, or loop andbutton c and o, as shown in Fig. 5, or other form, is provided on theinside of the curtain A and the upper edge of the piece B. Thiscontrivance forms a kind of a pocket Without bottom, which may be openedor closed at will, and when open allows a free current of air to passfrom the outside to the inside of-the curtain. Any number of suchpockets may be provided in each curtain and in such positions as may bedesired. The laps A may be made semicircular, as shown, or they may berectangular or any other shape.

I claim as my invention The combination with a curtain of a lap havingan upper free edge formed by a curved or angular incision passing in atransverse direction and a substantially rectangular piece B placedbetween said lap and the main curtain and secured to said lap across thebase line and along its edge and to the main curtain along the sideedges 6 b of said piece so as to form a slack upper edge, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed in the presence of the undersignedwitnesses.

. SAM. HUGHES.

Witnesses A. HARVEY, A. Tnowsn.

